The Pythagoras number and the u-invariant of Laurent series fields in several variables
The Pythagoras number and the u-invariant of Laurent series fields in several variables
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多变量中的毕达哥拉斯数和洛朗级数场的 u 不变量
DOI:
10.1016/j.jalgebra.2014.11.026
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Yong Hu
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作者:
Yong Hu
We show that every sum of squares in the three-variable Laurent series fieldis a sum of 4 squares, as was conjectured in a paper of Choi, Dai, Lam and Reznick in the 1980's. We obtain this result by proving that every sum of squares in a finite extension ofis a sum ofsquares. It was already shown in Choi, Dai, Lam and Reznick's paper that every sum of squares initself is a sum of two squares. We give a generalization of this result whereis replaced by an arbitrary real field. Our methods yield similar results about the-invariant of fields of the same type.